Lhota is a Republican He Does Not Need the Support of the County Leaders All He Needs to Do is Win A PrimaryIf he runs agianst the corrupt county leaders like Mayor Robert Wagner did in 1961 he wins easy* If he makes deals with the GOP leadership he will be attacked for buying the ballot line in the general
The Republican chairman are split: Brooklyn and the Bronx favor Adolfo
Carrion Jr.; Queens and Manhattan favors John Catsimatidis; and Staten
Island is open to Joe Lhota. [Liz Benjamin]* Former MTA chairman Joe Lhota
indicated that he plans to run for mayor after sitting down with
Republican leaders from Staten Island yesterday, while the leaders
acknowledged he faces challenges in winning over a Democratic city, the Post reports* Lhota Makes His Case to Republican Leaders(WSJ)*
More on Lhota's meeting. [Jonathan Lemire]

Will Team Rudy for Lhota Be As Open and Skillful that Carried Him to Victory in 1993? Or the Political Operatives Who Destroyed His Presidential Campaign

It’s unclear whether the New Kings Democrats will get the lowdown on the
commission’s political machinations late last year. Only the
commission’s director of outreach, Jonathan Ettricks, will attend,
according to the president of the political club, Alex Low. Mr. Low does
not expect the commission’s executive director Carl Hum, who is in
charge of running the process, to to be present.

Also of interest to the New Kings Democrats: A district currently
represented by Brooklyn Councilman Steve Levin was packed with thousands
of new Hasidic Jewish voters likely to support
Mr. Levin. A prominent member of the New Kings Democrats, former
district leader Lincoln Restler, may well run in 2013 against Mr. Levin.
Mr. Restler’s odds of winning would decrease if the redrawn lines
stand.
One ally of Mr. Restler, Brooklyn Councilwoman Letitia James, who
would lose those Hasidic votes from her own district, wrote a letter to
the commission several months ago asking for those voters to be removed
from Mr. Levin’s district, according to two sources, but that effort has
apparently so far been unsuccessful.

Ecomomy vs Environment? Still No Clear Answers

Albany’s top 2013 job: more jobs(NYP) Our elected leadersmust also begin to address the numerous impediments
to economic growth. Many barrierspreventour statefrom
regainingitsstature as one of the nation’s economic drivers—most
notablyhigh state and local taxesand job-killing,
special-interest-driven mandates. * Gas Drilling Is Called Safe in New York(NYT)An analysis by the state Health
Department on hydrofracking concluded that the drilling method could be
conducted safely in New York, but it is unclear how much original
research the state did on potential health impacts The New York Times has obtained an early copy
of the fracking health impact study from a source who felt it shouldn’t
be kept private.

Sunday Kugel = Kings RepublicansThe best chance the republicans have in Brooklyn, is for Frank Seddio to follow through with his threat to expel Felder. But given his nice-guy demeanor, I'm not pinning much hopes on that. (orthodoxpundit)

Bloomberg New/Old Man in Albany

Bloomberg’s New/Old Man In Albany(NYO)Mayor Bloomberg announced today announced the appointment of Joseph N.
Garba as director of the Mayor’s Office of State Legislative Affairs,
which means he’ll be heading up the lobbying and communications effort
on behalf of Hizzoner here in Albany.

Northeastern Republicans in the House
of Representatives are furious at House Speaker John Boehner for
maneuvering to prevent a Hurricane Sandy federal disaster aid bill from
coming to the floor for a vote*
That vote will now be held on Jan. 15 after wilting Republican criticism, with some aid being considered by Friday.

The Times’ Michael Powell takes a look at the changing tone from GOP officials over what was once considered a basic function of the federal government. * While Councilman Jimmy Oddo, the top-ranked Republican in the Council, expressed some disagreement with the state GOP chairman, Ed Cox, over what Mr. Cox called a “pork-laden” Hurricane Sandy relief bill, tweeting,
“Funny, dont remember seeing him on the streets of my district or
calling any of the SI GOP electeds to check in/offer help re Sandy.” * Speaker John Boehner apparently called fellow GOP Rep. Pete King an “unprintable name” in the Washington Post: Mr. Boehner said Mr. King was an “asshole.”* Pete King had a very big day. [Jason Horowitz]* Governor Andrew Cuomo called out New York Republicans who weren't as angry as Rep. Peter King. [Dana Rubinstein] Scarborough: If you’re part of a Congress that's rolled up $16.5T in
natl debt, Sandy seems like a strange place to draw a line in the sand.* Cuomo: Show Me The Money On Sandy Aid(YNN)Did the Sandy Bill Get Porked?

DID PORK STALL HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF?When
House Republicans postponed a vote on Hurricane Sandy aid until the
next Congress convenes, one excuse was that the Senate bill was filled
with “pork,” such as funding for the Smithsonian and Alaskan fisheries.
But officials on both sides of the aisle insisted the delay has nothing
to do with pork (City and State) * The Hurricane Sandy relief bill is "pork-laden," complained one editorial board. [New York Post] * "the pork was ridiculous"--NYS GOP Chairman Ed Cox re: hurricane #sandy bill* What exactly is in the Sandy aid bill?”(NY World)

Cuomo's Tiger Mom Education Commission The Real Courage Will Be to Redirecting the $54 Billion the the State Spends on Education to Follow the Commission Recomendiations Cuomo's education commission recommended popular items like universal
pre-kindergarten and longer school days and school years, but avoided
controversial topics like teacher evaluations, charter schools and
school funding

In the News, New York City Schools
Chancellor Dennis Walcott warns of the possibility of a strike by the
school bus drivers union and hopes that the union will “come to its
senses” to avoid disrupting the routines of more than 152,000 students: http://nydn.us/Vx9oJI

Outgoing Congressman Gary Ackermanpenned an op-ed,
of sorts, to explain his last day as a federal legislator. “As I walked
out of La Guardia Airport this morning, on my last flight as a
congressman from Reagan National Airport, I suddenly felt lost. I got
misty. Without a musket to raise, a barricade to storm, a flag to wave,
the question hit me in the face like the cold air: ‘Who am I?’” Mr.
Ackerman wrote. “Back home on Long Island, I am slowly regrouping,
stunned by my own question. But wait. Slowly, slowly, from the back of
my mind … can you hear it? It’s the sound of distant drums!”

Driving West Side From Grit to Glitz (WSJ)On a remote swath of 11th Avenue once lined with parking
lots and diners, a new Maserati dealership will pay more rent than many
SoHo retailers for a space recently occupied by an industrial tool
supplier.

NYC feds collect record $3B in ill-gotten gains(NYDN)U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced
that his office collected a record $3 billion in criminal forfeitures in
2012, including $500 million from the CityTime scandal, with most of
the funds being repaid to crime victims

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